Posted by Brad Osborne on May 27, 2023 · 15 Comments
You were once everything,
But fickle is love and fate…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with advice, blinded, falling in love, fate, fear, fool, heartbreak, love, pain, past, poem, poerty, relationships, shiny, wise men
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2023 · 22 Comments
Duty bound, the honored few,
Stand their guarded post…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with armed forces, being of service, being thankful, bravery, country, family, military, oath, pledge, poem, poerty, protected, sacrifice, safe, thanks
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 23, 2023 · 15 Comments
I barely know myself at times,
What chance do you have…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with ego, existence, fears, hopes, id, introspection, knowing, memories, perspective, poem, poerty, questions, self awareness, who am I, who are you
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 17, 2023 · 15 Comments
They did not contemplate,
That it would be this night…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with blood, brother, brotherhood, combat, death, evil, honor, justice, mud, poem, poerty, right, strength, war, young men
Posted by Brad Osborne on January 7, 2023 · 6 Comments
Five rounded rocks stacked neatly
In sparse random parking lot
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 29, 2022 · 15 Comments
Coursing around stones and rocks
Dug from unknown biases
Changing the direction of the flow
To find a less resistive path
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with biases, clarity, consciousness, emotions, feelings, misperception, poem, poerty, reflection, self discovery, self-awareness, stream, thoughts, vision
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 23, 2022 · 20 Comments
If I had only known
I would be left alone
Never would I have kissed
Those lips now sorely missed
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aching, apparition, confusion, distance, fear, ghost, love, poem, poerty, pushed away, relationships, strict form poetry, too close, too fast
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2022 · 16 Comments
Five rounded rocks stacked neatly
In sparse random parking lot
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 30, 2021 · 14 Comments
Coursing around stones and rocks
Dug from unknown biases
Changing the direction of the flow
To find a less resistive path
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with biases, clarity, consciousness, emotions, feelings, misperception, poem, poerty, reflection, self discovery, self-awareness, stream, thoughts, vision
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 11, 2021 · 15 Comments
If I had only known
I would be left alone
Never would I have kissed
Those lips now sorely missed
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with aching, apparition, confusion, distance, fear, ghost, love, poem, poerty, pushed away, relationships, strict form poetry, too close, too fast
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